May 2016 Babies

12 months and still not eating much table food

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hm55 wrote:

I have ebf my lo until I introduced purees around 6 months, still breast feeding and not sure when I'll ween since she doesn't like to eat much food, she eats 2 pouches of pureed food a day and usually yogurt, some cheese, eggs, puffs for snacks but whenever I try real food she will either eat a a piece or a bite or two then spit out... She may have an allergy to wheat/gluten need to get her blood work done along with normal 12 month blood work still...so I have tried chicken, salmon, beans, rice, ham and turkey cold cuts...she'll try them and sometimes eat a bite but won't eat more...

we went through this with my son, he was super picky for a really long time and I felt like he was behind on eating "real food". Then one day about 2 weeks ago he started spitting his purees at me and wanted regular table food. As long as she's eating enough I would just keep offering real food along with the purees. She will let you know when she's ready :)

We're having that problem too! He loves cheese, bananas, lunch meat, cheerios/puffs and bananas. Basically spits everything else out. We had mini progress with some green beans and mac and cheese the other day. I asked our pediatrician about it. She said it takes some kids a crazy amount of tries to start eating a food and to keep offering. In the mean time keep giving purees. One friend on Facebook said her daughter likes frozen veggies like pees/corn/carrots. I'm going to try that too but partially thAwed. My guy only has 2 teeth still.

with the exception of the allergy I could've written this! Our LO loves all the pouches but won't eat more than a bite or two of table food. With one BIG exception...carbs! Lol! She will eat pancakes, raisin toast, and string cheese. She will eat ANY pouch I give her (except ones with beets) so I know she's not against the flavor but the texture of table food. I'm not terribly concerned. She is getting the nutrition she needs and I will continue to expose her to the table foods. She's my 3rd so I'm being realistic & know I won't be packing her pouches in hllunch for kindergarten.

Have you tried soft fruits? Tiny bites of really ripe strawberries, bananas, peaches, pears, apples,etc. You can even cook the apples on the stove to make them softer. My kiddo only ate purees and Puffs for awhile. Then one day he wanted big sister's fruit and it clicked for him. He grabbed my sandwich off the plate like he was going to eat it! I agree with other posters, baby will let you know when it's time.

Yeah she eats bananas from time to time, going to try strawberries again soon, since it strawberry picking season in NJ, I've tried steamed sweet potatoes which I thought she love nc she loves them in a pouch...ill keep trying! Thanks for the reply!

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